Social Justice Of The LORD God

Introduction

What is social justice?

Who has the credibility to do social justice?

Should the church be engaged in social justice ministry? What about our church?

What does it look like for the church to be engage in social justice ministry? What about our church?

What are the challenges for the church in doing social justice ministry? What about our church?

What about the Millennials and Gen-Z who possess an activist/social justice mindset?

Word Study

seduces- to be simple, be inexpert, be gullible; to persuade; be simple

virgin- mature young woman that has never had sexual intercourse, and under the authority and protection of the father

bethrothed- pledge to marriage, i.e., the act of attaching a young woman for marriage to a man, with a financial exchange occuring between the parties’ families

sorceress- engage in witchcraft, be a sorcerer, ie., to practice the black magic arts

sojourner- foreign resident, foreigner, resident alien, stranger, protected citizen

widows & orphans-

fatherless

Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary Fatherless

Person without a male parent, often rendered orphan by modern translations. Orphans are often mentioned with widows as representatives of the most helpless members of society (Exod. 22:22; Deut. 10:18; Ps. 146:9). In societies where the basic social unit was the clan headed by a father (the eldest male relative, perhaps a grandfather or uncle), those without a father or husband were social misfits without one to provide for their material needs and represent their interests in the court (Job 31:21). Life for the fatherless was harsh. Orphans were often forced to beg for food (Ps. 109:9–10). They suffered loss of their homes (Ps. 109:10), land rights (Prov. 23:10), and livestock (Job 24:3). The fatherless were subject to acts of violence (Job 22:9), were treated as property to be gambled for (6:27 TEV, NRSV, NASB, NIV), and were even murdered (Ps. 94:6).

widow

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 530 אַלְמָנָה

note: often there is an associative meaning of a class of persons, low in status, meager in resources, and so pitiable that society was to take special effort to help them